Syria

About Syria

Syria sits at the eastern edge of the Mediterranean in Western Asia, a crossroads where caravan routes once linked Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Egypt, and Arabia. Its capital, Damascus, ranks among the oldest continuously inhabited cities on Earth. From the desert ruins of Palmyra to the citadel and covered souks of Aleppo, the country preserves layer upon layer of Aramaean, Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic civilization.

• ·Clay tablets from Ugarit, on Syria's Mediterranean coast, preserve one of the earliest known alphabets.
• ·Aleppo soap, pressed from olive and laurel oils, has been made for centuries and is considered an ancestor of modern hard soaps.
• ·Palmyra's Queen Zenobia broke with Rome in the third century, briefly ruling an empire that stretched from Anatolia to Egypt.

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3. Shape
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5. Borders
6. Population
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Neighbours

• Israel
• Iraq
• Jordan
• Lebanon
• Türkiye